The Mindful Law Student: A Mindfulness in Law Practice Guide

The Mindful Law Student is an innovative guide to learning about mindfulness and integrating mindfulness practices into the law school experience. Through the use of metaphor, insight, mindfulness practices, and relaxation, and self-care exercises, students are reminded of the tools they have long carried with them to navigate the exciting and challenging environment of law school and the practice of law. Scott Rogers brings readers on a journey through the law school experience with seven hypothetical students who experience situations that make tangible the challenges, benefits, and promise of mindfulness. He provides real-world examples of applying mindfulness in law school using language of the law to impart mindfulness insights and practices. This novel guide is an approachable and valuable resource for any law student.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword by Rhonda V. Magee 1. Leadership 2. Attention 3. Relaxation 4. Awareness 5. Mindfulness 6. Solitude 7. Connection 8. Self-Care 9. Movement 10. Practice 11. Listening 12. Negotiation 13. Judgment 14. Creativity 15. Freedom Index

About the Author :
Scott L. Rogers, Lecturer in Law and Director, Mindfulness in Law Program, University of Miami School of Law and Co-Director, University of Miami’s Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, US

Review :
‘This book gives students who are willing to engage with the material a way to look deeply at their own intentions, decisions, and actions, including the thoughts, feelings and needs that drive them. It provokes a space for deep introspection and has the potential to lead students to greater insights. It has all the ingredients to help law students to develop beneficial mindful daily habits that can help them in their personal and professional lives. This book is the best tried-and-tested reading guide available and is recommended to all law schools, legal educators and students who want to develop their inherent mindful capacity.’ ‘This book, an exceptionally clear, comprehensive, creative, and clever guide to developing and working with mindfulness will help law students (and professors) deal more wisely with the challenges of law school, law practice, and life and to better serve their clients and society.’ ‘For more than a decade I’ve enjoyed my collaboration with Scott Rogers researching the benefits of mindfulness for high stress professionals. In The Mindful Law Student, Scott beautifully conveys not only key research insights, but the essence of mindfulness, and its application to the serious domains of law and life.’ ‘This book is a one-of-a-kind resource, a precious gift. Enacting and embodying, even just a bit, what is offered here can have a profoundly positive effect on your own life, and also, inevitably, your impact in the world.’